UK will not join Trump’s strait of Hormuz blockade, the Guardian understands

US president had earlier said Nato allies would support the action and UK would send minesweepersMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe UK will not be involved in any blockade of the strait of Hormuz, the Guardian understands, despite claims by Donald Trump on Sunday the US was “going to be blockading the strait of Hormuz” with the assistance of Nato allies.Speaking to Fox News, the US president said “it won’t take long to clean out the strait” and claimed “numerous countries are going to be helpi...